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Food and flower gardening, community or personal, waking, biking, swimming in rivers, fishing, sewing, knitting, getting to know your neighbors, barbecuing on wood or charcoal, building treehouses and swings, book clubs, picking up litter, mutual aid, sitting around and singing/playing instruments/swapping stories or making up tales to entertain children and each other, reading, pick up basketball/football/soccer/hackeysack, ride horses, hunt, fish, ride horses, dirt bikes,, cards, dominoes, bird watching, butterfly watching. Board games, video games, potlucks. Plenty of stuff to do, it's just usually a slower-paced activity.
Are you under the impression that parks and rivers don't exist in cities?
I don’t see anything about diversity, having access to embassies, museums, universities, large businesses, etc. I just heard you say that you like to drive to all those places and have only one grocery store close by.
I'm not accepting your words in my mouth. What you think you heard is your business. Enjoy your evening at symphony. I've very much enjoyed mine.
That was actually a bit surprising as a response. It makes me more sure about what I said previously.
Literally all of that I can do in an urban area. Especially video games. I know this is shocking to you but us city people have video games. Jesus
No one said you couldn't/didn't.
While this is indeed a list, it pales in comparison to what you can do in or near a large city.
I enjoy a ton of things on your list but there's stuff you just can't easily do outside of a metro area. Especially stuff you need a specialized teacher for.
I'm in an online class now with an instructor who merely reads the chapter previously assigned as homework and won't answer questions about anything other than their social activities. In an ivy League University area. Conversely an instructor in tiny little Katy, TX a couple of years ago and originally from Alabama gave plenty of homework, had well - planned classes, actually thoroughly explained independent reading material, and also could answer in-depth questions on an ELI 5 level. It's more to do with personal ability, interest and integrity and actually caring about/liking the job.
Sounds awful.
It is until you realize (after a long adjustment period) that it's pretty healthy, if you allow it to be.